A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions.

HF 2450 expands Iowa's statewide preschool program to include five-year-olds who turn five between June 1 and September 15 of the school year, while maintaining priority for four-year-olds (born by September 15) when enrollment space is limited. It modifies funding rules so children previously counted for four-year-old programming cannot be counted again as five-year-olds, and updates compulsory attendance rules to include preschoolers in the program. The bill changes all references to "four-year-old" in related laws to "young children" and applies to school budgets beginning July 1, 2027. This directly affects Iowa children aged 4-5, school districts offering preschool, and state education funding mechanisms.